A Spider-man game only has to nail one thing to at least be fun and that is the swinging. Fortunately this game does have some pretty fun swinging although I wouldn't have minded if there was a bit more challenge to it.

Unfortunately, almost everything else in the game is pretty bland. I usually love Arkham combat but it felt lacking here perhaps because it has a pretty liberal dodge move. There's a skill tree but I never felt you unlocked anything that useful and there are gadgets to use in combat but there's only a couple you will rely on. The stealth sections are bad and the game is filled with boring side content. The story and cutscenes are pretty good though. The setpieces are cool but they're usually punctuated with quick-time events which I don't hate but they certainly make them less interesting than they could have been. It's a seemingly very expensive game that ultimately ends up being just OK.